Under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda, Nigeria designed the idea of Staple Crop Processing Zones. Is this a model for the future or just another myth?
Des étrangers, avec de puissants capitaux, s’accaparent, avec une certaine complicité, d’une superficie de 1.600 Ha, moyennant 240 francs le mètre carré ! Un prix de charme fixé par l’Etat.
Nearly nine out of every 10 people who responded to a Saskatchewan government survey say they don’t want the province’s farmland to end up in foreign hands.
“The vast majority of respondents do not support pension plans or foreign investors purchasing farmland in Saskatchewan. They do, however, support our government in taking a stronger role in enforcing farmland ownership rules."
O Governo do Maranhão recebeu na tarde de quarta-feira (7), a visita de uma comitiva japonesa interessada em conhecer as potencialidades do Maranhão para futuros investimentos.
Une grande majorité des personnes qui ont répondu à la consultation publique lancée par le gouvernement ne veulent pas que des investisseurs comme des fonds de pension puissent acheter des terres agricoles en Saskatchewan.
Zambia's government has courted foreign investors by offering land and large tax breaks as incentives, but this has led to displacement of local people. The lucky few have been paid peanuts as compensation.
Rights groups say the government has failed to give compensation and prevent the victims of forced evictions from being dragged into poverty
The government has allocated 60,000 ha of land for investment in large-scale commercial farming for sugar and rice in the Mkulazi area, 60 kilometres from the Dar es Salaam - Morogoro highway.
Debt-burdened Glencore has entered early discussions with a number of sovereign wealth funds and commodities traders as it moves to offload the more than 30,000ha of cropping land across NSW, Victoria and South Australia.
As global agricultural resources shrink or shift, countries are crossing border to obtain new farmlands
Platform SIF and Collective TANY call on citizens worldwide to sign a petition to urge the Malagasy authorities to adopt laws which secure farmers and local communities rights on their lands.
